Average price per pack of little cigars and cigarettes in US states with sufficient data, Q4 2013
| State | C-stores | FDMs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average price per pack of little cigars | Average price per pack of cigarettes | Price difference (%) | Average price per pack of little cigars | Average price per pack of cigarettes | Price difference (%) | |
| Average of states | $3.43 | $5.47 | 37.3 | $3.82 | $5.58 | 31.5 |
| Alabama | $2.29 | $4.33 | 47.1 | $5.20 | $4.29 | −21.4 |
| Arizona | $5.74 | $6.27 | 8.5 | $5.73 | $6.21 | 7.7 |
| Arkansas | $3.43 | $5.08 | 32.4 | $2.07 | $4.65 | 55.6 |
| California | $6.25 | $5.47 | −14.3 | $5.43 | $5.19 | −4.7 |
| Colorado | $5.02 | $5.10 | 1.7 | $3.53 | $4.85 | 27.2 |
| Connecticut | –* | – | – | $4.35 | $7.90 | 44.9 |
| Delaware | – | – | – | $2.51 | $5.52 | 54.5 |
| Florida | $1.37 | $5.18 | 73.5 | $1.49 | $5.27 | 71.7 |
| Georgia | $2.06 | $4.27 | 51.7 | $2.26 | $4.05 | 44.2 |
| Idaho | – | – | – | $5.21 | $4.49 | −16.0 |
| Illinois | $4.40 | $6.24 | 29.5 | $4.67 | $6.56 | 28.8 |
| Indiana | $2.11 | $4.90 | 56.9 | $1.94 | $4.95 | 60.8 |
| Iowa | $2.23 | $5.25 | 57.5 | – | – | – |
| Kansas | – | – | – | $1.86 | $4.54 | 58.9 |
| Kentucky | $1.70 | $4.11 | 58.8 | $1.79 | $4.06 | 55.8 |
| Louisiana | $2.20 | $4.46 | 50.8 | $3.60 | $4.31 | 16.6 |
| Maine | – | – | – | $2.06 | $6.27 | 67.2 |
| Maryland | $2.70 | $6.03 | 55.2 | $4.72 | $6.23 | 24.3 |
| Massachusetts | $3.01 | $8.96 | 66.4 | $2.78 | $9.13 | 69.5 |
| Michigan | $2.23 | $5.91 | 62.3 | $2.07 | $5.92 | 65.0 |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | $7.43 | $7.57 | 1.8 |
| Mississippi | – | – | – | $1.63 | $4.45 | 63.4 |
| Missouri | $2.49 | $3.75 | 33.7 | $1.88 | $3.32 | 43.3 |
| Nebraska | – | – | – | $1.81 | $4.75 | 61.9 |
| Nevada | $4.20 | $5.05 | 16.9 | $5.12 | $4.92 | −4.0 |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | $3.47 | $5.48 | 36.6 |
| New Jersey | – | – | – | $4.86 | $7.35 | 34.0 |
| New Mexico | – | – | – | $3.67 | $5.78 | 36.5 |
| New York | $7.53 | $9.43 | 20.2 | $8.80 | $9.72 | 9.4 |
| North Carolina | $1.38 | $4.25 | 67.6 | $1.75 | $4.22 | 58.5 |
| Ohio | $2.43 | $4.99 | 51.3 | $2.39 | $5.19 | 54.0 |
| Oklahoma | $5.09 | $5.03 | −1.2 | $4.72 | $5.04 | 6.3 |
| Oregon | $8.65 | $5.86 | −47.8 | $5.83 | $5.53 | −5.4 |
| Pennsylvania | $3.13 | $5.62 | 44.4 | $4.02 | $5.77 | 30.5 |
| Rhode Island | – | – | – | $11.02 | $7.78 | −41.5 |
| South Carolina | $1.70 | $4.54 | 62.6 | $1.63 | $4.36 | 62.5 |
| South Dakota | – | – | – | $2.10 | $5.60 | 62.5 |
| Tennessee | $4.33 | $4.29 | −0.8 | $3.43 | $4.24 | 19.0 |
| Texas | $1.96 | $5.62 | 65.2 | – | – | – |
| Utah | – | – | – | $4.08 | $5.66 | 27.9 |
| Vermont | – | – | – | $4.69 | $7.10 | 34.0 |
| Virginia | $1.78 | $4.42 | 59.8 | $2.41 | $4.46 | 46.0 |
| Washington | $5.21 | $7.58 | 31.3 | $8.26 | $7.74 | −6.7 |
| West Virginia | – | – | – | $2.81 | $4.14 | 32.2 |
| Wisconsin | $2.92 | $6.60 | 55.7 | $2.81 | $6.53 | 56.9 |
| Wyoming | – | – | – | $4.10 | $4.59 | 10.7 |
*Scanner data were not available for some states.
C-stores, convenience stores; FDMs, food, drug and mass merchandisers.